Michael Najjar is a German artist, adventurer and – future astronaut. Born in 1966, he has lived and worked in Berlin since 1988. His work is shown in museums, galleries and biennials around the world.
He works with Photography and Video. The focus of his work is on key elements of our modern society driven and controlled by computer and information technologies. Najjar, widely seen as a visual futurist, transmutes science, history and philosophy into visions and utopias of future social
structures emerging under the impact of cutting-edge technologies. The fusion of realistic elements with fictitious realities, is a recurrent hallmark in his work which is usually composed in thematically focused series. Najjar demonstrates the potential of the photographic image, capable of making visible what is normally invisible to the human eye. His work visualizes what very often is beyond the limits of our perception, unveiling what is hidden under the surface of what he calls “telematic society”.
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outer space
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symmetrical boosters, 2019
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
132 x 202 cm or 67 x 102 cm -
supersymmetric particles, 2019
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
132 x 202 cm or 67 x 102 cm -
spaceport, 2012
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
67 x 102 cm -
space debris I, 2012
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
67 x 102 cm -
space garden, 2013
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
132 x 202 cm or 67 x 102 cm -
sands of mars, 2014
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
67 x 102 cm or 132 x 202 cm -
desert sky, 2014
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
132 x 202 cm or 67 x 102 cm -
serious anomaly, 2015
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
67 x 102 cm -
liquid time, 2017
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
67 x 102 cm or 132 x 202 cm -
orbital outpost, 2018
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
132 x 202 cm or 67 x 102 cm
netropolis
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netropolis | são paulo, 2004
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec
120 x 180 cm
high altitude
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sensex_83-09, 2009
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
67 x 102 cm -
bovespa_93-09, 2009
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
67 x 102 cm
silver arrow
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silver arrow, 2011
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
132 x 202 cm
video works
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spacewalk, 2013
HD video 16:9, single channel, stereo
3.31 min -
equilibrium, 2013
HD video 16:9, single channel, stereo
5.30 min -
orbital cascade_57-46, 2013
HD video 16:9, single channel, stereo
6.00 min -
skyfall, 2015
HD video 16:9, single channel, stereo
4.00 min -
terraforming, 2017
HD video 16:9, single channel, stereo
9.10 min
Installations
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Installation view, 2016
Studio la Città, Arte Fiera, Bologna
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Installation view Studio la Città - 2015
installation view
Studio la Città, Verona -
high altitude - financial markets between reality and simulation, 2010
installation view
Studio la Città, Verona
Videos
outer space
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symmetrical boosters, 2019
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
132 x 202 cm or 67 x 102 cm -
supersymmetric particles, 2019
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
132 x 202 cm or 67 x 102 cm -
spaceport, 2012
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
67 x 102 cm -
space debris I, 2012
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
67 x 102 cm -
space garden, 2013
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
132 x 202 cm or 67 x 102 cm -
sands of mars, 2014
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
67 x 102 cm or 132 x 202 cm -
desert sky, 2014
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
132 x 202 cm or 67 x 102 cm -
serious anomaly, 2015
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
67 x 102 cm -
liquid time, 2017
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
67 x 102 cm or 132 x 202 cm -
orbital outpost, 2018
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
132 x 202 cm or 67 x 102 cm
netropolis
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netropolis | são paulo, 2004
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec
120 x 180 cm
high altitude
-
sensex_83-09, 2009
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
67 x 102 cm -
bovespa_93-09, 2009
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
67 x 102 cm
silver arrow
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silver arrow, 2011
edition of 6 + 2 AP
hybrid photography, archival pigment print, aludibond, diasec, custom-made aluminium frame
132 x 202 cm
video works
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spacewalk, 2013
HD video 16:9, single channel, stereo
3.31 min -
equilibrium, 2013
HD video 16:9, single channel, stereo
5.30 min -
orbital cascade_57-46, 2013
HD video 16:9, single channel, stereo
6.00 min -
skyfall, 2015
HD video 16:9, single channel, stereo
4.00 min -
terraforming, 2017
HD video 16:9, single channel, stereo
9.10 min
Installations
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Installation view, 2016
Studio la Città, Arte Fiera, Bologna
-
Installation view Studio la Città - 2015
installation view
Studio la Città, Verona -
high altitude - financial markets between reality and simulation, 2010
installation view
Studio la Città, Verona
